Improvement in toy money-boxes



B. M. ABELL & P. BREGHT.

Toy Money-Box.

No. 200,885. Patented March 5,1878.

Way. 2.

METERS, PHOTO-LITMDGRAPH UNITEDSTA'I'ES PATENT OFFICE.

BARNARD M. ABELL AND FELIX BREOHT, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

IMPROVEMENT IN TOY MONEY-BOXES.

. Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 200,885, dated March 5, 1878; application filed January 2, 1878.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, BARNARI) M. ABELL and FELIX BRECHT, of New York city, county, and State, have invented an Improved Money- Box, of which the following is the specifica tion: 1

The object of our invention is amoney-box constructed as-fully described hereinafter, so that a figure shall automatically deposit the money placed in its hand, the construction also permitting the use of the box as a matchsafe. w

In the drawing, Figure 1 is a sectional elevation of the improved money-box; Fig. 2, an inverted plan view of the drawer; and Fig. '3, a detached perspectiveview.

A is the reservoir, withiu which slides a I drawer, B, and on which is mounted a figure representing a man in a standing posltion,

with one arm, 01, extended overa ballot-box, D.

The ballot-box consists of a glass globe, b,

covered by a plate, 0, having a central openin g, m, from which a funnel, 0, extends through the globe and through the top of the box )or "reservoir, and in the space between the globe and the funnel are slips y, representing ballots. The hand d ofthe arm a is flattened, so

that a coin may be placed thereon, and is hung toa pin, 'i, so that when the coin is placed on the hand it will turn at the wrist to the position shown in Fig. 3, throwing the coin into the funnel, from which it passes to the drawer.

The hand is counterbalanced by a'block, m,

. formed by cutting away a portion of the arm I on the line a, Fig. 1. V

The drawer, as well as the ballot-box, is secured by extending one of the standards 10, supporting the plate a, through the'top of the box A, through a perforated plate, 8, pivoted at t to the bottom of the drawer, andthrough the bottom of the box, where it is provided with a nut, to, on removing which the ballotbox and rod 10 may be withdrawn, releasing the drawer.

and the box D is secured in its place, when I the drawer B may be used as a deposit for a supply of matches, while those required for immediate use are placed in the funnel 6.

It will be apparent that the hand d may be pivoted so as to turn either to the back or front to deposit the coin, and that a spring may be substituted for the weight m.

We are aware that figures have been used with money-boxes, and that the same have had arms pivoted at the shoulders; but in such cases the figure is necessarily hollow to receive a counterweight-a construction which is expensive, and is avoided by the wrist-movement described.

We claim- 1. The combination, with a money-receptacle, of a figure, 0, having an arm extended above the opening of the receptacle, and a hand pivoted at the wrist, as set forth.

2. The combination, with the receptacle, of the glass globe b and funnel e, communicating with the receptacle.

3. The combination, in a money-box, of the receptacle, the entrance to which is through a glass ballot-box containing slips y, as set forth.

4. The combination, with the drawer, and with the rod pfor securing the box D, of the adjustable perforated plate .9, as specified.

In testimony whereof we have signed our names to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

BARNARD MACKENZIE ABELL. FELIX BREGHT.

Witnesses WM. MooREs, CHARLES W. DAYTON. 

